Investigators take out a black trash bag from a dumpster Sunday, July 21, 2013 near where three bodies were recently found in East Cleveland, Ohio. / Tony Dejak, AP

by John Bacon, USA TODAY

by John Bacon, USA TODAY

A registered sex offender was charged Monday with three counts of aggravated murder and three counts of kidnapping in connection with three bodies found wrapped in plastic bags in a gritty neighborhood in suburban Cleveland.

East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton identified one of the victims as Angela Deskins, 38. She had been reported missing since June 7 and was listed on the police missing persons website.

Bail was set at $6 million for Michael Madison, 35, who was taken into custody Friday after police received a call about a foul odor emanating from a home. Officers arrived to find Madison and the body of a woman. Two more female bodies were found nearby on Saturday.

Community members, alongside police, searched 12 streets and about 50 abandoned homes Sunday for evidence of more victims that Police Chief Ralph Spotts said could be part of a serial killing spree. No more bodies were found.

Norton said another search will be organized soon.

In 2009, the mostly nude bodies of 11 women were found in garbage bags and plastic sheets throughout the Cleveland home of Anthony Sowell, who was convicted in 2011 of murdering the women and sentenced to death.

Madison, who was sentenced to four years in prison for attempted rape in 2002, threatened about a month ago to attack women in the same fashion as Sowell, said Eric Wilson, a neighbor.

"We are dealing with a sick individual," Norton said, adding that Madison "said some things that led us to believe that in some way, shape, or form, Sowell might be an influence."

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office says it may take up to several days to identify the other bodies. The bodies were in an advanced decomposition state; police believe the women were killed within the last seven to 11 days. All were found curled up in a fetal position and stuffed in plastic bags.